First off:

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rikku looked over at her best friend, worried. "she okay man?"

He shrugged, "I dunno, I better go ask"

"you want me to go? Or do you want me to chill?"

Johnny smiled at her, "yeah you're right, you're probably better with the girl stuff than I am" he laughed.

Rikku laughed too, "yeah, since I am a girl"

- to mavy's room!

as the two were walking in the halls, well, johnny was jumping around and flailing his arms about, talking about the even that happened last year, with Dracula and the discovery of humans being nice and all.
rikku stared in awe at the elaborate hallway. the red velvet walls, the portraits of various monsters, and the cobwebs and glow of the candles sat on a small wooden table every few doors. she reached out and touched the walls, she loved velvet so much. it was soft, like her mother's hair.

her mother...

she frowned thinking about it. her mom used to run an antique store on main street, it was [ and still is] her favorite place to be.

with the spiraling staircase, the various machines and toys, clothes, dolls, and box as far as the eye could see. after school, she would always go there, and dress up in some outfit that has been sitting there for years. waiting to be bought. truthfully, she never wanted any of it to be bought. she loved all of it. to most girls and her school, they would rather be at the mall or some clothing or shoe store. not rikku. she wanted to be sitting on a moth eaten, Victorian style chair, drinking tea out of one of the hundreds of tea sets that lined the shelves, and reading a book that dated back to the 1800s.

during the spring she would pull out all the rabbits, or the lovey dopey mushy stuff and place them around. depending upon the holiday.

during the summer, she would call thi place her castle, working and maintaining it. she would give every doll or portrait, or stuffed toy a name, a back story and what they were like.

during the fall, she would pull out a collection of old Halloween stories, as well as the fancier clothing and dress the life size porcelain manikins [sp?] and throw a Halloween party, for herself of course. rikku didn't have any friends...until Johnathan came. then she tried really hard to impress him. which he loved the party no matter what.

during the winter, she would decorate it with the various Christmas ornaments that you could start an army with, and the mini forest in the basement. she pulled every tree that was there, and some stuffed animals and made a forest in the basement. she stuck animals here and there, making it more realistic. then she even painted the walls, to make it feel more like a walk in the woods.

but even her forest, was no match for her love of a music box that was left on the doorstep. it was dark looking box with an inscription, from a mother to her daughter. it made her think of her own mom, every time she played it. she played it so much, everyone who walked in would expect to here the sound. even people who never set foot in the place, then one day it dispersed. she never saw it again, but she always hummed the even wrote lyrics to it.

she loved the smell, the feel of it. it felt like love, and hope. hope to be loved again, and love for the forgotten uniqueness. that store made her feel like maybe someday, someone will love her too. love her for her uniqueness.

she thought that even if she would never find love, she still had her mom, and the store.. but she was wrong.

a man came into the store one winter day, two days before Christmas, and shot her mother. her mom died quickly, but to rikku, every second felt like an hour. she didn't know how long she stood there.

how long she cried

all the drops of blood that stained her, the floor and the neighboring items.

she was only fifteen, now eighteen.

"hey, hey rectangle? recy-recy-rec?! welcome to reality! even though it's not a rad place to be, BUT WELCOME BACK!" johnny pranced in front of a door, that had a shrunken head dangling on it. the head looked at him, raising an eyebrow.

"uh huh.." then it turned to her, "OH you must be that new girl mavis has been talking about! oh you really shook her up girl!"

"i did?" she replied meekly,staring at the door.

"not in a bad way, she never met a human girl before, so she got a little...nervous, ya see?" the head tried not to hint at the vampire's unexplained feelings.

"can i see her?" rikku asked, a bit nervous at who, er what she was talking too.

"sure, go on in kiddo,"

Johnathan started to follow her when the head shrieked at him ,"no i don't think so boy, you best be staying put!"

"awhh come on man! she's my girl!" the twenty-two year whined.

rikku giggled before walking in, "hello?"

she looked around cautiously.

she noted on the Gothic decor, chick's got style

it reminded her of the antique shop.

then something caught her eye. a music box.

it was black marble, with carved red painted roses on the outside. on the top it said, in fancy gold cursive, to Mavis, my beautiful daughter, love mommy.

she smiled a bit, and opened it, it played a familiar tune

[ watch?v=VWW8DMpfI9U&feature=related ] [its from my fav anime elfin lied, its lithium if you fans out there know it :3]

she then remembered something..

this was the same music box, that disappeared.

the same one her mother played.

the same one that she loved and felt like it was apart of her.

the one she felt like the music was written for her soul.

she softly sang the lyrics she wrote to it, not even paying attention that the teenage vampire stood directly behind her.

rikku then thought of her mother, and how it would be the anniversary of her death in a couple of months.

[it was October 19th, and plans for Halloween still needed to be made, mavy's birthday was on the 31st.]

she then became chocked up and set the musical box down.

"you're a good singer"

rikku jumped seeing Mavis standing behind her, wiping away the smudged makeup. guessing she was crying?

"t-thanks" she whispered.

"my mom made that for me, before she died, that was one of the various things she was supposed to give me on my birthday. it went missing for years, but my dad finally found it at some antique store" she said.

"yeah, that was the one my mom owned" rikku smiled.

"really? i didn't know that. does you're mom know that it was gone?" she asked.

"yeah, she did. everyone did. that was my favorite thing in the store, i played it all the time. she thought i would break it because of all the times i kept it going" she laughed.

"yeah, my mom was good at making things like this" Mavis said, proud of her mother's work.

"yeah, so uh, are you okay from my finger bleeding?" rikku changed subjects.

mavis nodded, a bit embarrassed by situation.

"okay cause johnny and i were worried about you, haha" she said, rubbing the back of her neck.

"yeah im still adjusting to all the humans" she looked up at the ceiling, face turning red.

"we are a crazy bunch of people" rikku laughed.

"so, is your mom okay with it being gone?" Mavis switched the topic back, with caused rikku to revert back to the painful memories.

"she would have been, she probably thought it was annoying after awhile"

"would have been?" Mavis raised an eyebrow.

"my mom was killed when i was fifteen" rikku said, trying not to break from those words.

the girl's eyes widened, "really? i mean, wow, uhmm my mom was too"

"it sucks huh? but you have a dad, and this kick ass castle, its all good" the teen human said, playfully hitting her in the arm.

"yeah, but what about you? do you have a da?" she was now curious about the female that stood before her.

"na, he kinda walked out before i was born" she shrugged.

"oh, well, you can stay here, we have room. and im pretty sure my bed is big enough, but i sleep in the day and you humans sleep at night, so im sure that it will work out" the vampire beamed, showing her bright purple puppy dog eyes.

rikku melted a bit at her facial expression, it was like gving a kid ice cream or candy. too eager and excited.

"if your dad's cool with it" rikku said, trying to sound like johnny.

"holy rabies! holy rabies!" the girl flew around her room, moving stuff, she never had a girl stay over, well a girl her age, well mentality wise.. she heard about sleepovers and girl's nights and parties that teens her age would have, and she really wanted to get in on that, and now, with rikku walking in, she had an opportunity to see what it was like to be human..

Rikku smiled at the vampire, as she flew around, babbling on and on about sleepovers, and being a teenage girl, and Robert pattinson, and so many other things. she blushed a bit, thinking that she was pretty cute..wait...CUTE?! was she crushing on her best friend's girlfriend?

UH-OH! what's going on here? haha

will drac let her stay?

will rikku move on from her feelings? or let them grow?

what about johnny? or mavis?